Publications
Partners
World Health Organisation director general Margaret Chan announced on Monday that she was establishing a $100 million contingency fund to ensure that the UN agency has the resources to respond immediately to a major crisis.
Admitting that the WHO had been "overwhelmed" by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Chan also told its annual meeting that she was creating a new programme for health emergencies linking its three levels - country, regional and Geneva headquarters.
"I do not ever again want to see this Organisation faced with a situation it is not prepared, staffed, funded, or administratively set up to manage," Chan told health ministers. "I plan to complete these changes by the end of the year."
Also read:
Global Fund head targets killer diseases
